Nairobi

American  

[nahy-roh-bee] / naɪˈroʊ bi /

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Kenya, in the SW part.

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Nairobi British  

/ naɪˈrəʊbɪ /

noun

1. the capital of Kenya, in the southwest, at an altitude of 1650 m (5500 ft): founded in 1899; became capital in 1905; commercial and industrial centre; the Nairobi National Park (a game reserve) is nearby. Pop: 2 818 000 (2005 est)

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Nairobi Cultural  

1. Capital of Kenya and largest city in the country, located in southern Kenya.

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Nairobi is a center for tourist safaris.

It was the capital of British East Africa — Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, and Zanzibar (see Tanzania) — from 1905 until the colonies became independent in the early 1960s.

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They are also trying to trace 57 other contacts of the Kenyan patient after he travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo, dying in hospital in Nairobi on Monday.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

He was treated in Congo and traveled to neighboring Uganda by road before taking a flight to Nairobi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Duale said the patient boarded a flight on Saturday and underwent normal public screening at the main airport in Nairobi before he was transferred by a relative to a hospital in the city.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The patient who died in Nairobi was initially treated in hospitals in Congo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

I rode a cattle truck from Marsabit to Nairobi, just the way I had for my interview.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola